The introduction to this study describes the genesis of Vladislav Vančura’s novel The End of the Old Times (1934), which was based on a film script about Baron Munchausen. This is followed by an outline of its critical reception at the time and its historical background. It involves both the phenomenon of emigration from Russia after 1917 and the land reform carried out in Czechoslovakia from 1919 onwards. The core of the study is an analysis of Jan Mukařovský’s study of the novel, published in 1934 in the journal Listy pro umění a kritiku (Art and Criticism) and Mukařovský’s afterword to the fourth edition of The End of the Old Times, published in 1958. The author also considers both analysed texts in the context of the relevant literature.
Autor výše uvedené recenze (Na pomezí historického románu. In: Soudobé dějiny, roč. 22, č. 3-4, 2015,, s. 524-539) knihy Igora Lukeše Československo nad propastí, respektive On the Edge of the Cold War, tímto příspěvkem reaguje na Lukešovu polemiku. Sám stručně polemizuje s různými body Lukešovy argumentace a uzavírá, že na své recenzi by nezměnil vůbec nic, protože Igor Lukeš nevyvrátil žádnou z jeho námitek a řadu dalších ignoroval., In this contribution, the autor or the review of Igor Lukeš´s On the Edge of the Cold War (''Na pomezí historického románu'' [Almost a Historical Novel], Soudobé dějiny, vol. 22 (2015), nos. 3-4, pp. 254-39), which is under discussion here, reacts to Lukeš´s rejoinder. He briefly takes issue with various points of Lukeš´s argument and concludes that he would not change a single thing in his review, because Lukeš ignores a number of objections and elsewhere fails to provide satisfactory counterarguments for others., Vít Smetana., and Obsahuje bibliografii a bibliografické odkazy
Drawing on literary paratexts such as prologues, reviews and letters, this study seeks answers to the question of Meissner’s role in the German-language canon, or rather why his literary legacy has endured for so long. First, Meissner’s personal contacts in the world of literature from a social-historical perspective is considered. This reveals that the repeated criticism of Meissner’s texts, which despite their popularity were to a large extent at odds with the taste of the time, cast him in a bad light. Selected relevant texts will be placed in their discursive context and Meissner’s writings within the parameters of 18th century literary practice examined., Sarah Seidel., and Obsahuje bibliografické odkazy